Why is the lottie player capable of playing back a file but creator has so much limitation? I don’t love that I can preview a file I uploaded then the creator doesn’t play the file.
Hi Rich!
Thanks for raising this, totally understand the frustration.
The Lottie Player is designed purely for playback, so it supports a very broad range of Lottie features. On the other hand, Lottie Creator is a powerful editing tool, but editing requires deeper compatibility with the underlying animation structure.
When a file uses effects or expressions that aren’t yet fully supported for editing, Creator may not be able to render it accurately which is why you sometimes see a difference between what plays in the Player vs. what loads in Creator.
We’re actively expanding Creator’s compatibility and would love to take a look at the file you’re having issues with. If you’re open to it, please share the Lottie animation and we’ll investigate what specific features are blocking playback in Creator.
Thanks again for the feedback, it really helps us prioritize improvements!
It’s mostly text-based animations. Lottie Creator doesn’t like AE’s Text layers and have to be created into shape layers, which gets rid of the text’s keyframes. I don’t have the files on in my dashboard as I couldn’t use them so I deleted them.